Wando Warehouse Fire Caused By Chinese National Violating Safety Precautions
The deadly Wando fire was caused by, wait for it, safety violations:
A Chinese national was booked Monday on charges of accidentally causing a fire at a cold storage warehouse in the southwestern county of Wando last week, which killed two fire fighters, police said.
The suspect, who was booked without detention, is suspected of causing the fire while using a torch to remove epoxy flooring, a highly flammable substance, as part of floor-leveling and repaving work, according to the Wando police station.
The suspect was said to have been working alone, which officials believe constitutes a violation of safety protocol requiring a two-person team when doing fire-related work.
You can read more at the link, but there is a lot to unpack here. First of all the article doesn’t say if this guy is a legal or illegal immigrant. Regardless this Chinese national is taking a job away from a Korean national. Secondly is this is another example of a tragic event caused by lax safety enforcement in South Korea. You would think after the Sewol ferry incident the Itaewon crowd crush and so many other preventable tragedies that Koreans would take basic safety precautions more seriously.
